Creating a new instance in Tivoli Directory Server (using command line)

To create a TDS instance follow the commands below

1) Create the new instance
idsicrt -I inst1 -e thisismyinst

2) Create a system user on Linux box
idsadduser -u inst1 -g idsldap -w inst123 -n

3) Create the db2 instance
idscfgdb -I inst1 -a inst1 -w inst123 -t inst1 -l /home/inst1 -n

4) Add a suffix to TDS instance
idscfgsuf -I inst1 -s o=sample -n

5) Set the password for cn=root.
idsdnpw -I inst1 -u cn=root -p root -n

6) Start the TDS instance.
ibmslapd -I inst1 -t


To drop TDS instance issue the following command

   idsidrop -I inst1 -n -r